Established in 2006, Canning Reedmakers is run by Ryan Canning, former Pipe Major of the world renowned, Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band.  The company manufactures top quality bagpipe drone reeds which are used by thousands of solo pipers and pipe bands worldwide.

Ryan began his own piping career in Northern Ireland at the age of 14.  He joined the Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band from Northern Ireland just four years later, where he subsequently spent 16 years, winning 40 RSPBA major championships including six World Championship titles (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012), and a Grand Slam (2011).  Ryan was a major face of the band’s musical development during this period and established himself as a reputable composer which led to the publication of his first collection of music, The Full Monty, in 2004 and the follow-up collection, The Blockbuster, in 2015.